From: Harmen Schut <harmenschut@...>
Date: 2006-07-12T04:23:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Processes and Portability

Name Name wrote:
> ...
> 
> a=IO.popen(program_name > logfile)
> Process.kill(9, a.pid)
> 
> spawns two processes and does not kill both.
> 
> I need something to be able to do the latter.
> 
> thanks

What about:

   a=IO.popen("#{program_name} > #{logfile}")
   Process.kill(9, a.pid)

Don't know if that works on MSWindows.

Harmen

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